Crash

1995 – Rod Stewart’s jet is forced to land at Landvetter Gothenburg International Airport in Sweden after it collides with a bird. Stewart melodramatically declares, “I almost crashed.” Aviation officials describe the event as “undramatic.”

1995 – Jimmie Vaughan, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Robert Cray reunite for a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan in Austin, Texas, the late blues guitarist’s hometown. All five played with the guitarist at his last concert Aug. 26, 1990, before his Deaths in a helicopter crash.

1994 – The historic Fillmore club reopens in San Francisco. The opening acts include Smashing Pumpkins, Ry Cooder & David Lindley and American Music Club. The Fillmore (also known as Fillmore Auditorium, or in error as Fillmore West) is a historic music venue in San Francisco, California made famous by Bill Graham. Named for its […]

1991 – Rock promoter Bill Graham dies in a helicopter crash after a Huey Lewis concert in Concord, Calif. He was 60. Among the events produced by Graham were the Live Aid concert, Amnesty International tour and US Festival. At times he managed the careers of the Grateful Dead, Van Morrison and Santana.

1990 – Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a helicopter crash on August 27th, 1990. The chopper hit a man-made ski slope while trying to navigate through dense fog. Remastered and unreleased SRV material continues to trickle out.

1980 – Buddy Holly’s glasses and the Big Bopper’s wrist watch are discovered in the Mason City, Iowa, sheriff’s office. They had been recovered from the wreckage of the artists’ plane after it crashed in 1959 and been filed away ever since.